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Words that stay. Maybe. By Reinder DijkhuisWed, 27 May 2015 04:21:52 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3Comment on Notes/First Impressions: Zombie Nation by Carter Reid by The Effect of Puppy Rays on Fan-in-Spokane Rocketships 5/26 | File 770http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2015/05/26/notesfirst-impressions-zombie-nation-by-carter-reid/comment-page-1/#comment-10213
Wed, 27 May 2015 04:21:52 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3889#comment-10213[…] “Notes/First Impressions: Zombie Nation by Carter Reid” – May 26 […]
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Wed, 27 May 2015 03:59:26 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3879#comment-10212[…] “Notes/first impressions: 3 Hugo-nominated graphic novels” – May 25 […]
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Tue, 26 May 2015 20:42:18 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3879#comment-10211[…] Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection. « Notes/first impressions: 3 Hugo-nominated graphic novels […]
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Mon, 25 May 2015 16:07:45 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3870#comment-10210[…] I read Ms. Marvel vol.1, I thought that it was a bit flimsy for a graphic novel, especially what with it not being a […]
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Sat, 09 May 2015 14:30:37 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3844#comment-9960[…] the novel heats up in those final 50-odd pages, it works mostly as a fantasy of manners similar to The Goblin Emperor and in many ways they are structured very […]
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Sun, 03 May 2015 16:46:17 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3854#comment-9872[…] The Day the World Turned Upside Down (Novelette) – Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translation Lia Belt This will likely be the only work I will vote for in the Hugo Best Novelette category, and I may put it below No Award. I can overlook that it doesn't work that well as What We Think Of When We Think Of A Speculative Fiction story, but I can't get over the unlikability of the narrator/protagonist, with the narrative itself being consistently on his side (there is no sign that the narrator/protagonist is aware of what a douche he is, or that he should be. The case for no-awarding it is made in this review by Secritcrush on Livejournal. I didn't read the events in the story as magical realism, but as literary parallelism, but while such a reading is easier to enjoy, it doesn't remove the protagonist's issues entirely. Read for free at Lightspeed magazine, so you don't have to take my word for it. […]
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Sun, 03 May 2015 16:45:58 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3844#comment-9871[…] The Goblin Emperor – Katherine Addison A lovely fantasy of manners/court intrigue (let's call this genre a Ferrero Rocher Opera) that I enjoyed but ultimately did not love. Very much a case of not-my-thing done very well. Likely to be my No. 3 pick for the Hugos this year. Read Martin Wisse's more insightful review or just buy it from Amazon US/Amazon UK. […]
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Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:38:36 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3753#comment-6964Well on the one hand, it’s not quite the case that Kel has always been sweet and friendly. In her early appearances, she was moody. But this one goes quite far into nastyness. We’ll have to chalk it down to the fact that Raven did in fact try to put a wedge between Kel and her husband, and Raven’s sister tried to poison Kel. That would provoke some unkind comments from me as well.
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Thu, 09 Jan 2014 08:44:43 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3753#comment-6963I was quite surprised by the mattress comment when rereading the comic
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Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:25:38 +0000http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=3174#comment-6771The glue isn’t the only factor in the binding. In my experience of reading and storing paperbacks, the flexibility of the cover is in inverse proportion to how vulnerable the binding is to cracking.
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